"Because there are people in the army who collude with the Mongols and sell our intelligence."

This sentence was like a boulder smashed into the calm water, and it instantly made the generals in the big tent fry.

It is not their enemies that are hated by the people of the army, in fact, some enemies who fight to the death will be respected by their opponents.

What they hate most is the traitor who betrays his own people.

Wang Xiao's words can be said to have caused an uproar.

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

Zhu Di looked at Wang Xiao coldly, "The army is false, I cut you!" ”

"Your Majesty."

Wang Xiao's expression was calm, as if he was talking about an irrelevant matter, "Everyone here is an old soldier. Take the battle report and compare it, let's fight along the way after we get out of the pass, see how the Mongols responded, and see how they accurately attacked our baggage team. The Mongols' intelligence was outrageously accurate, or they had gods to help them. Either someone informed them about the actions of our army. ”

Those who can stay in this military tent are all veterans who have been fighting all year round and have extremely rich combat experience.

After Wang Xiao's words were finished, they recalled all the things along the way, and compared them with the panicked response of the Mongols when they went out to Saibei several times before. You can immediately understand whether what Wang Xiao said is true or false.

"This person. The status is very high, otherwise it would not have been possible to have access to so many military secrets. ”

"This person. There was a lot of power in their hands, otherwise the Mongols would not have been able to succeed repeatedly. ”

Wang Xiao's expression was calm, and he looked directly at Zhu Di, "If he passes on the information that I led my troops to attack the rear camp of the Mongols, then I won't be able to come back." I haven't seen my newborn child yet, and I don't want to die yet. ”

According to Wang Xiao's analysis, there are not many people in the Ming army who can do it, and it can even be said that there are only a few people.

Many people's eyes swept over the Han King, King Zhao, and even Wang Xiao himself.

"Is the princess too young?" Zhu Di raised his eyebrows: "Boys and girls? ”

"The one with the handle is called Zhu Qizhen."

"Okay." Zhu Di laughed: "This is good news. When you return to Beijing, you should celebrate. ”

Seeing that Zhu Di deliberately opened the topic, Wang Xiao directly added, "Your Majesty, if the minister succeeds in breaking through the Mongol camp, he will definitely find evidence of that person's collusion with the Mongols." Dare to ask what to do with this evidence? ”

Zhu Di stared at Wang Xiao with his eyes like lightning.

The generals in the army may still be skeptical, but Zhu Di recalled the previous things, and then referred to the clumsy performance of the 3,000 battalions and the 5th army battalion since they set out on the expedition. It immediately became clear that it was either the King of Han or the King of Zhao who betrayed the military intelligence.

The King of Han was strong, and the King of Zhao held military secrets. Only the two of them can do it.

Zhu Di was sad, angry, and painful. But in the end, he still wanted to save his son's life. That's why he diverted from the topic.

And Wang Xiao pointed out without hesitation, I also have a son, and I want to save my son's life!

Zhu Di felt dizzy and sat heavily on the chair.

At this moment, unprecedented exhaustion and pain struck, making him feel that his chest was stuffy and he couldn't breathe.

None of his children and grandchildren are fuel-efficient lamps.

Zhu Di felt that he was very tired, how good it would be if his children and grandchildren were mediocre and conservative, then there would not be so many troubles. It's a pity that they are all heroes, and their ambition is also proportional to their ability.

The big tent fell into a wordless silence, and everyone's eyes fell on Zhu Di, who closed his eyes.

None of the generals who can enter this tent is a fool.

Wang Xiao suddenly had a showdown here, although he didn't name who it was, but everyone knew where he was pointing.

Once Wang Xiao really found correspondence in the Mongol camp, even Zhu Di couldn't control the result.

Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops have fought hard in recent years, with countless casualties. Once the sergeants learned that someone had colluded with the enemy to betray their own people, the anger of the hundreds of thousands of sergeants would burn everything. Even if Zhu Di came forward to stop it, a large-scale mutiny was just around the corner.

After a long time, Zhu Di slowly raised his hand and waved, "You go." If you really find any letters, you will follow what Wei Wuguandu did. I will not admit that there are any letters. ”

Wei Wu refers to Cao Mengde, and the matter of Guandu is that during the Battle of Guandu, many of Cao Cao's generals exchanged letters with Yuan Shao to discuss surrender.

At that time, Yuan Shao had an absolute advantage, and Cao Cao's subordinates secretly communicated with Yuan Shao in order to protect themselves.

But who knew that Cao Cao actually won the battle, and he also searched out a large number of correspondence from Yuan Shao's army. At that time, Cao Cao chose to burn these letters, pretending that there was no such thing.

Zhu Di meant the same, he finally decided to keep his son.

Of course, the cost is not impossible.

The price of this matter is that the King of Han and the King of Zhao are completely out of the throne. Even if Zhu Di wanted to pass on the throne, these generals in the military tent would not agree.

Again, no one is a fool.

Wang Xiao bowed, didn't look at Zhu Gaoxu, turned around and left the big tent.

The roundabout tactics sound simple, but when it is actually implemented, the quality of the sergeants is very high.

If the quality is not good, the Ming army like the one in the late Ming Dynasty is estimated to be unable to find anyone if it is inserted.

For more than a year, Wang Xiao has been strictly grasping the training of the Shenji Battalion, although he has not achieved the level of training every day, it is necessary to practice at least once every three days.

In order to support high-intensity training, Wang Xiao almost spent the last copper plate in his hand.

Armament, food, grass, bedding, tents, etc., don't cost him money. But the food of the Ming army in this era cannot be compared with that of later generations. Even if Zhu Di values the military, he still can't cook three meals a day, at least one meal has meat.

If the nutrition of high-intensity training cannot keep up, it is not training but trying to exhaust the sergeants.

Wang Xiao provided them with a third meal, and at the same time, they also had to add meat, meat with a lot of fat.

As a result, Wang Xiao spent all the money in his hand, and borrowed money from Zhu Di and the prince once.

With such a high pay, in exchange for the quality of the Shenji Battalion, the Ming Army is the best.

Five thousand four hundred Divine Machine Battalion Gunners set out with Wang Xiao, each carrying ten days' rations and as much gunpowder lead bullet as possible.

These ten days' rations may have supported them to reach the Mongol camp, but it was definitely not enough for them to return the way they came.

In Wang Xiao's words, if this sortie cannot be successful, then he will die directly in the enemy's camp, and he will never consider retreating.

As long as you can build a large camp, there are so many cattle, sheep and horses there that you can't eat them all.

Thanks to the long-term replenishment of oil, the Shenji Battalion quietly left the Ming army camp under the cover of the dark moon and high wind. Then I walked all the way west along the mountain for two days, and found a not so steep slope more than a hundred miles away and began to climb the mountain.

Wang Xiao had no guides, and the Ming army had no maps and information north of the river. But Wang Xiao has a compass.

With the compass invented by the ancestors in hand, you will definitely not get lost.

After Wang Xiao left the camp, Zhu Di directly sealed the entire camp, and also sent the Chinese army to strictly guard the King of Han, King Zhao, and many other generals.

No matter what the real purpose of Wang Xiao's showdown was, he led his army to run thousands of miles in order to let the Ming army win, so that Zhu Di could fulfill the last wish of his life.

From a public or private point of view, Zhu Di will not pull his hind legs.

Zhu Gaoxu was about to explode, he really didn't expect that Wang Xiao, who seemed to be an invisible person before, would actually break out at this time. Use your own safety as a bargaining chip to fight.

He was caught off guard by Wang Xiao, and he couldn't contact Mahamu at all in his eagerness.

It wasn't until seven days later that the anxious and frantic Zhu Gaoxu finally got the good news.

A new batch of logistics baggage transport teams came, and with the brief confusion of handing over the material convoy into the camp, Zhu Gaoxu's henchmen finally sneaked out of the barracks.

That night, Zhu Gaoxu's secret letter was delivered to Ma Hamu.

When Ma Hamu saw the news that Wang Xiao personally led the Shenji Battalion into the mountains and went straight to the rear base camp, he immediately sat on the ground with a blackened body in front of him.

"Grandpa!"

also hurriedly rushed over to help him, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's over, it's all over."

Mahamu looked in a trance, like a demented old man.

Their own family knows their own affairs best, and no one can understand better than them what the big camp is like.

There were quite a few people in the camp, much more than the people on the front line at the mouth of the Three Gorges.

But the people over there are all women, old people and children, and they are doing the work of slaughtering cattle and sheep and transporting supplies. There aren't even a few kids who are taller than the wheels.

Even if there are a large number of them, as long as they are killed by thousands of elite Ming troops, there will only be one ending.

In addition, the heads of the tribes and the royal families were also in the camp.

The destruction of the battalion, the collapse of the front, is an inevitable thing.

I also read the letter quickly, thought about it, and shouted loudly, "Grandpa, or we gather all our strength and rush down the mountain to defeat the Ming army in front of us!" As long as the main force of the Ming army can be defeated, then those Ming troops who run behind us will not be afraid. ”

Compared with Mahamu, the young ones are also very bold. In his opinion, the main force of the Ming army under the mountain had been fighting fiercely for many days, and he was already exhausted.

Although the Ming army was numerous, it was demoralized. As long as you act quickly, it is very likely that you will crush the main force of the Ming army in front of you.

Mahamu's expression is constantly changing, and he is engaged in a fierce psychological struggle.

After a long time, Mahamu finally made a decision.

"First, I'll give you 10,000 horses, and you take the supplies in the barracks and go west, and the farther you go, the better."

Mahamu raised his hand to stop the person who wanted to speak.

"I know what you want to say, but I have been in the Ming Dynasty for 20 years, and I know their details very well. The main force of the Ming army under the mountain was not so easy to defeat. That's hundreds of thousands of elite Ming troops! ”

"I'll take people back to the rescue camp, you take 10,000 horses to keep the blood for Warat, leave now, leave immediately!"

If the news could have come a few days earlier, they would have been able to calmly respond to the dispatch of troops.

But now it has been almost eight days since Wang Xiao and their departure.

The rear camp is only more than 100 miles away from the mouth of the Three Gorges, and it should be there even if it is to cross the mountains and mountains in eight days.

If you want to rescue, it's too late.

The morning sun is rising, and the bright light reflects the white earth.

More than 100 miles away, on the edge of a huge valley, several herdsmen were surprised to see a group of ragged people carrying a long stick and staggering out of the mountain.